What do we monitor?

Health Monitoring

Allflex Livestock Intelligence health monitoring applications empower dairy farmers to detect developing health issues in the transition period such as ketosis, DA, metritis and mastitis early on, before they show up in milk or
as a serious metabolic problem, and often well before production drops or clinical signs appear. They also enable farmers to quickly evaluate response to veterinary treatments, for the best-possible recovery and treatment cost-effectiveness. Using our applications, dairy farmers can make informed and timely decisions regarding intervention and treatment, enabling pre-emptive actions that help avoid deterioration, reduce treatment costs, and reduce or prevent impact on milk production, and lowering the mortality rate.

Real-time detection and alerts provide actionable insight into individual cows’ health at high-risk times, including before, during and immediately after calving, enabling timely intervention that can save money and provide peace of mind. Our health monitoring applications also help farmers streamline their fresh cow protocol and minimize disruption to fresh cows’ peace by enabling them to identify and care for those cows that need additional attention.

Using our applications, dairy farmers can reduce the calving interval, while reducing or eliminating dependency on reproductive hormones. With fewer days open, farmers can improve milk production as well as the genetic quality of their herd.

Farmers can improve their nutrition strategy by quickly understanding how their cows react to ration changes, including subtle adjustments such as new batches, new suppliers, a toxin or feed issue, and ratio modifications. The effects of ration adjustments can be detected in as little as a few hours, enabling informed nutrition decisions that optimize herd health, reproduction, and milk productivity. Visualization of long-term trends spanning several months provides nutritionists with an additional perspective for evaluating rations and changes.

Farmers can also understand the effects on their cows’ wellbeing of environmental factors such as extremely hot weather, lack of water, wet bedding, over-population, wind, and dogs, and of changes to grouping, equipment and staffing. This enables informed decisions to address immediate issues, activate and fine-tune heat abatement strategies, and develop plans to prevent or minimize future problems.